Nipponnemertes incainca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Monostilifera
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Cladus: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Nemertea Classis: Enopla Subclassis: Hoplonemertea Ordo: Monostilifera

Nipponnemertes incainca Gonzalez-Cueto, Castro & Quiroga, 2017

Holotype: Whole specimen in 70% ethanol (CBUMAG:NEM: 0056). Total body length 18.5 mm, 1 mm wide.

[CBUMAG: Centro de Colecciones Biológicas de la Universidad del Magdalena]

Type locality: COLOMBIA Santa Marta, Rodadero Inca-Inca beach (11°12'30.2"N, 74°13'54.5"W), intertidal zone under boulders

Paratypes:

COLOMBIA Santa Marta, Taganga (11°15'51.23"N, 74°11'31.54"W), intertidal zone under boulders covered by sponges, whole specimen in 70% ethanol (CBUMAG:NEM: 0043). Total body length 11.7 mm, 1.8 mm wide.
COLOMBIA Santa Marta, Rodadero Inca-Inca beach (11°12'30.2"N, 74°13'54.5"W), intertidal zone under boulders, transverse histological sections of the proboscis; rest of specimen in 70% ethanol (CBUMAG:NEM:0049). Total body length 22.5 mm, 2.05 mm wide.
COLOMBIA Santa Marta, Rodadero Inca-Inca beach (11°12'30.2"N, 74°13'54.5"W), intertidal zone under boulders; tissue in absolute ethanol (CBUMAG:NEM:00068, CBUMAG:NEM:00069).

Gonzalez-Cueto, J., Castro, L.R. & Quiroga, S. 2017. Nipponnemertes incainca sp. n. Adoption of the new taxonomic proposal for nemerteans (Nemertea, Cratenemertidae). ZooKeys 693: 1—15. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.693.12015. Reference page.